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Project Management Using Microsoft Project
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Appears: mon means: month
Calendars to consider
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Duration
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
2. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.
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3. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->
Organizer (Project 2010)
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Fixed Duration
4. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Critical Tasks
Do not
5. Always preserve the duration of a task. Changing duration when fixed will impact work.
Fixed Duration
Lead
Network Diagram best practices
Fixed Units
6. Time delay. Sometimes - it's preferred to have lag shown as a task. You can assign costs to it - that way. Style sheets will indicate this.
Form (Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Lag
Terminal element
7. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.
Earned Value
RAM
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
5 phases of project
8. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Lead
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
9. It is NOT an exhaustive list of work. It is instead a comprehensive classification of project scope. Contains Sub-components - work packages (child of sub-component). Further work packages can be children of other work packages. Summary tasks are the
Dialogs (Project 2010)
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
RAM
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
10. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
Earned Value
Network Diagram best practices
11. Tables - charts - usage tables - and sheets.
Start to Finish (SF)
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
RAM
12. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
Project Files (Project 2010)
13. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
Fixed Work
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Actual Cost
14. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value
Earned Value
Fixed Duration
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Units
15. Default view in Network Diagram. Without LINK LABELS - you won't see lag time - etc. The term finish to start refers specifically to the logical relationship that exits between the activities that make up he entirety of the project in which it is det
Finish to Start
Views (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
Task Type
16. Work - resource - cost.
'80 hour rule'
5 phases of project
Resource types
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
17. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
Finish to Start
18. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.
GO TO (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
Actual Cost
19. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?
Earned Value
Task with first ID
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Lead
20. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.
Task with first ID
Task with minimum duration
Calendars to consider
Logical Relationships in PDM
21. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.
Effort Driven
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Fixed Work
22. ______ link Summary Tasks.
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Do not
Views (Project 2010)
23. The FILE name is what you see at the top of the screen - and is the raw name of the .mpp or .mpt FILE itself. The PROJECT NAME is set in the 'Properties' of the project. The project name will show up in reports - etc.
Earned Value
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Start to Start
File Name vs. Project name (Project 2010)
24. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
Resource types
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
25. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
26. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
Start to Start
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Table (Project 2010)
Task with minimum duration
27. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
28. Amendment to task type.
Task with first ID
Form (Project 2010)
Effort Driven
Timeline (Project 2010)
29. Contains information relative to tasks.
Summary tasks (WBS)
Form (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
30. Matches the outline number initially in Project 2010. It is common for work breakdown structure elements to be numbered sequentially to reveal the hierarchical structure. For example 1.3.2 Rear Wheel identifies this item as a Level 3 WBS element - si
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Summary tasks (WBS)
31. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.
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32. Hiding does not delete data. If you hide a column - data maintains - but to get it back - you'll need to right click - insert column.
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33. Always preserve the number of hours to perform a task. Changing work when fixed will impact duration.
Fixed Work
Project Files (Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Task Type
34. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.
Manually
Work Package (WBS)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Bar Style (Project 2010)
35. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.
SNET
Resource types
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Peak
36. Appears: min means: minute
Work
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
Do not
37. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.
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38. Appears: hr means: hour
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
Template (Project 2010)
39. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Fixed Work
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Timeline (Project 2010)
40. A terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a WBS; it is not further subdivided. Sometimes called a 'work package' - but NOT synonymous.
Team Planner (Project 2010)
RAM
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
Terminal element
41. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute
Work
em (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Views (Project 2010)
Units
42. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U
Earned Value
Lag
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Duration
43. U = W / D Work divided by duration.
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
'80 hour rule'
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Units
44. A logical relationship that states that for one project to begin - another must also be underway. For example - the writing of a business proposal must have begun in order for editing of the proposal to take place.
DSM Design Structure Matrix
5 phases of project
Start to Start
Do not
45. Changing the working time in the 'details' section of the working time dialog won't change the default start time in the options -> scheduling settings. Try to keep these in sync.
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46. Appears: emon means: Elapsed month
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
47. File -> Options -> Scheduling --> Drop down for Decimal or Percentage.
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
d (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Lead
48. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.
Duration
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
Earned Value
GO TO (Project 2010)
49. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Start to Start
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
PDM
50. Task ribbon -> 'inspect' button-> Inspect Task. It shows more details about highlighted task - including critical predecessor task. Very useful tool. Especially when resources are over allocated.
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Inspect feature (Project 2010)